JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Some 200 left-wing demonstrators protested outside the Tel Aviv Rabbinical Court Tuesday in the wake of a new bill which proposes to broaden the authority of the rabbinical courts regarding child support.
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More than 200 women protested outside the Haifa rabbinical court and other rabbinical courts also saw protests.
The protesters prevented Dayanim from entering the Tel Aviv court as well as preventing plaintiffs and defendants from reaching the hearings.
בית הדין הרבני בתל אביב.
רק לדמיין אנשי ימין מנסים לפרוץ לבניין בית משפט המחוזי בתל אביב.
דיינים מספרים שנמצאים תחת מצור. לא יכולים להיכנס ולצאת מבית הדין. pic.twitter.com/4kXiCaACM4— ישי כהן (@ishaycoen) July 18, 2023
Protesters bang on doors of rabbinical courts and spray graffiti on the walls
מחפשות חתן?
מול בית הדין הרבני בחיפהצילם: עמרי רוזנברג pic.twitter.com/b2ETXnkxxX
— 🟢or keren (@Wq0oQJmUSfZunt5) July 18, 2023
Women dressed as handmaidens demonstrate outside Haifa rabbinical court
Chief Rabbi David Lau, who serves as head of the Higher Rabbinical Court, attacked the demonstrators for their “unprecedented and irresponsible behavior.” He added that “A small number of people are preventing Dayanim from reaching the court and preventing the public from conducting hearings schedulled for today. This is unlawful and undemocratic anarchy. The Dayanim of the courts will not be deterred and will continue to do their service for the citizens of Israel. I call on the law enforcement authorities to deal with these acts severely.
The director of the rabbinical courts, Eli Ben-Dahan, also issued a statement against the protesters who “violently disturbed the hearings at the court and tried to uproot the doors of the building and cause damage to it.”
Ben-Dahan said that “the rabbinical courts system has no association or connection with the judicial reforms. The claims about the attempts to transfer child support to the rabbinical courts are false and mistaken.
“The rabbinical courts discuss and rule on child support daily from the founding of the state until now. The courts rule in accordance with Halacha which gives preference to the woman, since halachically a man is obliged to provide for his family, whereas the secular courts take into account both member’s income.
Jerusalem Affairs minister Meir Porush said that “the left-wing protest is revealed to be attacking everything which has a trace of Judaism irrespective of the judicial reforms. I call on the left and on their leaders to stop the incitement before its too late.
Left-wing? How does “VIN” know this? Did you check every one of the demonstrators’ credentials? Maybe they are just Israelis who don’t want their rights controlled by charedi appointees. Nu?
It should be very obvious from this that the real underlying motivation of these protestors are their anti-religious views. Two of the main inciters to current rioting (immune from prosecution because of their status as politicians) are Tommy Lapid and Ehud Barak, who are well-known for anti-religious stances.